Best Pumpkin Apple Harvest Cake Recipes

PUMPKIN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350.
• Mix dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
• Cream butter in an elec mixer then beat in sugar until the mixture is pale yellow.
• Add the eggs one at a time.
• Stir in apples (I use Golden Delicious) and vanilla.
• Add pumpkin and mix, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
• Add the orange peel if you like, it's optional.
• Blend in the dry ingredients a bit at a time until well mixed, add peel if you choose.
• grease and flour a 9" bundt pan or two loaf pans; cook cake for 55/60 minutes or loaves for 45/50 minutes (check with cake tester at 45 minutes).
• Cool in pan for about 10 minutes, loosen and turn out on board to cool completely.
• Dust with confectioner's sugar when completely cool.

FALL HARVEST CAKE

Steps:

• Mix together sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, ginger, oil, vanilla and eggs.
• Add pumpkin to this mixture and stir well.
• Stir in 2 cups of flour, 1/2 cup at a time.
• Stir in apples and pecans.
• Bake 60-70 minutes at 350 in a greased and floured bundt pan.
• Ice with cream cheese frosting and sprinkle with nuts.

HARVEST PUMPKIN APPLE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour two 9 x 5-inch loaf pans.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
• Combine sugar, pumpkin, eggs, vegetable oil and apple juice in large mixer bowl; beat until just blended.
• Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moistened.
• Fold in apples.
• Spoon batter into prepared loaf pans.
• Bake for 65 to 70 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• To make using three 8 X 4-inch loaf pans: Prepare as above and bake for 60 to 65 minutes.
• To make using five or six 5 X 3-inch mini-loaf pans: Prepare as above and bake for 55 to 60 minutes.

APPLE-PUMPKIN UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Let eggs stand at room temperature 30 minutes. In a microwave, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Stir in 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; spread mixture into a 9-in. pie plate. Arrange apples in a single layer over butter mixture., Cream remaining butter and remaining sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in pumpkin. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and remaining cinnamon; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition., Spread batter evenly over apples. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Loosen sides of cake from pie plate with a knife. Cool 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm and, if desired, with vanilla ice cream.